On December 4, Tomioka took to Facebook to ask, on a whim, for a miracle.

Maddens, 23, and Tomioka had gone to Times Square in June 2015 after seeing a play and shared a kiss. A photographer captured the special moment.

“I remember tears swelling my eyes because the city was so beautiful and amidst all the lights, I got to look at the brightest light of all, my sweetie. I cried, and we kissed,” Tomioka wrote in her plea. “Some random photographer captured this very moment, this very kiss.... I never got his name, and he just simply showed us the single beautiful snap shot that he was able to capture."

Tomioka hoped by sharing the story on Facebook she could find the photographer.

What happened next proved that miracles do happen.

Photographer Arken Aven saw the post from one of his "NYPD friends," who had been one of 420 people to share the post.